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delbert mcclinton tall dark handsome

8/22/2019

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​Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men + Dana (from the album Tall, Dark, and Handsome available on Hot Shot Records)
Beginning with his last release backed by Self-Made Men, Prick of the Litter, Delbert swaggered into the center spotlight, fronting the band with smooth Blues and a crafted cool. Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men stay true to the sound with the recent release, Tall, Dark, and Handsome, putting a bounce to the beat for “No Chicken on the Bone” and slinking in with a wish and a plan for “Let’s Get Down Like We Used To” as Delbert McClinton struts in with Self Made Men + Dana offering some shake, rattle, and roll rhythm to the road story cruising “If I Hock My Guitar”.
 
A triple threat gives Tall, Dark, and Handsome heft, blending the songwriting of Delbert McClinton with the energy of his live performance and backing both with the power of his touring band. Self-Made Men are a big band in the true sense; guitar, solid rhythm section, horns, keyboards, wrapping around the songs of Tall, Dark, and Handsome in dark noir moods (“Temporarily Insane”), Tex Mex tangos (“Gone to Mexico”), and street parade second line swank (“A Fool Like Me”). Delbert McClinton wears the skin of seductive crooner (“Ruby & Jules”) and tosses in his love cards on a Blue stomp (“Down in the Mouth”). The swinging saunter and Blues bluster of Tall, Dark, and Handsome is a perfect fit for the delivery and persona that Delbert McClinton has cultivated. Walking into the album on a high step, Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men boogie to the band on stage for album opener “Mr. Smith” and put a warning label on “Lulu” as Tall, Dark, and Handsome turns the lights low for the love pouring from the Jazz-inflected mood of “Any Other Way”.
 
Listen and buy the music of Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men from AMAZON
https://www.delbert.com/
 

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